WASHINGTON -- Seven travel insurers formed the U.S. Travel
Insurance Association to promote professional conduct, lobby
governmental entities, help members and educate consumers.
The group's founding companies are Aegon Direct, BCS Insurance,
CSA Travel Protection, Travel Guard International, Travelex
Insurance Services, Trip Mate and World Access/Access America.
The founding officers of the UStiA are President Jon Ansell,
president and CEO of World Access/Access America; Vice President
Bradley Finkle, president of Trip Mate; and Secretary/Treasurer
Paul Latchford, vice president of Aegon Direct.
The group is accepting membership applications from the travel
and insurance industries. For more information, contact Ansell at
(804) 673-1534 or [email protected]. For membership information,
contact Claudia Fullerton at (858) 810-2024 or [email protected].